Engineering Manager

About Velsera Medicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that. Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights. Velsera provides software and professional services for: • AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development • IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval • Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption

With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries!

What will you do?

1. Technical Leadership (lead with this) • Participate actively in code reviews across Java, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript — you catch issues, set standards, and model what good looks like • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices in AWS-based environments, leveraging the team's Java, Python, and MongoDB stack • Own and improve CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and hold the team accountable to build, test, and deploy quality • Engage directly in technical design discussions — you may not be the architect on every feature, but you are a credible voice in every trade-off conversation • Identify and surface technical risk before it becomes delivery risk; you can recognize a bad technical decision without needing someone else to flag it first • Champion engineering best practices: test coverage, code quality gates via SonarQube, observability with Prometheus and ELK, and secure coding standards

2. People & Team Leadership • Manage 6–10 engineers across one to two agile teams; own their growth, performance, and day-to-day wellbeing • Run effective 1:1s, set clear expectations, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work • Partner with your teams on quarterly planning, translating product and business priorities into well-structured engineering roadmaps • Shield the team from noise and context-switching while keeping critical escalations flowing appropriately • Mentor engineers toward greater technical autonomy — you are building a team that needs you less over time, not more

3. Delivery & Program Execution • Own the work breakdown structure for your teams — epics, stories, dependencies, and cross-team risks are visible and up to date • Maintain clear release schedules and communicate confidently with Product, Customer Operations, and senior engineering leadership • Proactively identify and manage risks; you don't wait to be asked for a status update • Facilitate quarterly planning discussions across Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders